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What Is Capitalist Exploitation, and Why Is It Wrong?

This post is the first in a two-part series.

Socialists have long criticized capitalism for failing to meet the basic needs of the many while allowing a select few to amass unimaginable riches. But the socialist left’s traditional complain...

16 days ago
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America Has Six Different Party Systems

Jacobin recently published my review of Les Leopold’s book, The Billionaires Have Two Parties, We Need a Party of Our Own. Leopold argues that labor should run independent populists in red states, a la Dan Osborn in Nebraska. The argument r...

a month ago
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We Can’t Win Socialism Without Understanding Class Interests

According to an orthodox Marxist viewpoint, the socialist project requires workers to move from being merely a “class in itself” to a “class for itself.” Working-class people constitute a class in itself in virtue of possessing common mater...

3 months ago
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House Democrats Have Moved to the Right Since 2018

There’s a lot of excitement about and interest in the leftward movement of the Democratic Party base. I think it is very much a real development. The election of Zohran Mamdani, the mass turnout for the No Kings protests over the last year,...

4 months ago
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Are Labor and the Left Ready for President Gavin Newsom?

(The White House)

Donald Trump’s approval ratings are falling, and Republicans’ fortunes look increasingly bleak. The betting markets now have Democrats as the favorite for retaking the House this year and winning the presidential election...

5 months ago
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